‘If I didn’t think I was ready, I would not have accepted the job’ – Liam Rosenior explains Chelsea move

Strasbourg head coach Liam Rosenior has confirmed on Tuesday morning that he has “ verbally agreed ” to join Chelsea FC and fill the Blues’ managerial vacancy in the wake of Enzo Maresca’s dismissal on New Year’s Day. As an English-speaking head coach who is already part of the BlueCo portfolio in Strasbourg, Rosenior was the leading contender to replace the Italian. He will be officially appointed Chelsea head coach in the coming hours.

Rosenior added that he would be joined at Stamford Bridge by his trusted Strasbourg assistants, Kalifa Cissé and Justin Walker. Rosenior said. The former Hull City FC manager added that he has mixed emotions, given he previously described his 18 months at Strasbourg as the best time in his professional career. “ I will love this club for the rest of my life but I cannot turn down Chelsea. ”

“ My whole life I have worked to be a coach”, Rosenior said. “To be presented this opportunity to manage a world-class football club is something I’ve dreamed of. I’m emotional . If I didn’t think I was ready, I would not have accepted the job. “

Rosenior has also rebuffed the idea that Chelsea taking Strasbourg’s head coach mid-season is disrespectful to the BlueCo-owned Ligue 1 club. “ It’s the opposite. It shows huge respect, not for the work that I’ve done but that the club has done. “

GFFN | Bastien Cheval